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An informal summit of CIS heads of state and government was held in Kiev January 29, 2003, 11:00

January 28, 2003, Tuesday

Kiev hosted a meeting of the leaders of the Caucasian Four January 28, 2003, 21:40

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan January 28, 2003, 20:30 Kiev

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin January 28, 2003, 20:05 Kiev

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze January 28, 2003, 18:00 Kiev

President Vladimir Putin met with staff and students of Kiev Taras Shevchenko University January 28, 2003, 15:40 Kiev

President Vladimir Putin and President Leonid Kuchma held negotiations in the Ukrainian capital January 28, 2003, 11:55 Kiev

January 27, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma opened the Year of Russia in Ukraine in an official ceremony January 27, 2003, 20:35 Kiev

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair January 27, 2003, 14:50

President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice-President Hu Jintao to congratulate them on Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival January 27, 2003, 00:00

January 26, 2003, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin sent messages of greeting to Indian President Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on India's national holiday — Republic Day January 26, 2003, 00:00

January 25, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung January 25, 2003, 16:15

January 24, 2003, Friday

On the French initiative, President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with French President Jacques Chirac January 24, 2003, 23:55

President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Veshnyakov, head of the Central Election Commission, discussed preparations for a constitutional referendum in Chechnya and prospects for adopting a law on the election of a president for the republic January 24, 2003, 17:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder January 24, 2003, 16:35

President Vladimir Putin wished Yury Bashmet a happy 50th birth anniversary January 24, 2003, 15:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Putin congratulated participants in a gala meeting held in Moscow's Hall of Columns on the 80th anniversary of the Supreme Court January 24, 2003, 12:35

January 23, 2003, Thursday

On Russia's initiative, President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President George W. Bush January 23, 2003, 18:15

President Vladimir Putin met with Alexei Miller, Gazprom board chairman and Anatoly Chubais, RAO UES board chairman January 23, 2003, 15:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with a prominent Russian scientist, academician Roald Sagdeyev, and congratulated him on his 70th birthday January 23, 2003, 15:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

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